1. Standing Room Only tickets
There are tickets you can get game of day that are NOT from scalpers. They are made for the real fan that just wants to see some real baseball. Always a good time. You always will find a way to run into somebody who used to watch Luke Appling or Roy Sievers.
2. The Pennant Flags
I like how they keep the standings. Yet, I'm very demanding. I feel they should be updated up to the second. I would like to have the scoreboard people kept busy.
3. Women Cub fans
We all win with this one.
4. No electronic scoreboard
No BS. Just inning by inning updates, followed by simplistic batter results from earlier in the game. I don't need any distractions like...
5. No piped music to introduce batters
I shiver to think of what Shea Stadium would've done to introduce a Jody Davis. Anything other than Jody's tune on the organ makes me shiver.
6. Twilight at Wrigley
Seeing Wrigley Field at 7:00 pm on a summer night is something to behold.
7. Troughs
What? You need a urinal? Pussy.
8. Ron Santo
Yeah, I said it. I like the confused old man. If you need a colour man for your games, then you probably don't know enough about baseball to watch or listen to it. Pat Hughes plays the role of colour and play-by-play...so the Cubs can just waste the rest of their money on some perplexed senior citizen. It's like watching a game with a drugged up version of myself. I love it.
9. Candy Maldonado, Kal Daniels, Mel Rojas, Ron Davis, etc. The kinsmanship of remembering awful players.
Us Cub fans get to commiserate regarding some of the worst players who have ever worn the red, white, and blue. It brings us closer. Most teams can't come near the absolutely putrid list of players the Cubs have strewn on us over the past 20 years. Eating a cracker jack and reflecting over bad players past is almost a bigger Cub tradition than not making it to the World Series.
10. Meathead watching
This never gets old. Look at that meathead. Nice clothes. Point. Laugh. Loads of fun.
See, I love the Cubs!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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What?
WE can't be positive around here? Cubs win a double header, and everybody goes to sleep?
CMON GUYS!
You know what's weird? That guy getting the face paint looks like a chubby John Dooley circa 1990! Probably a picture of me getting my face painted during that big eight game winning streak in '90 that did absolutely NOTHING for the team!
That sweep of the twinbill against Atlanta was made to look so easy that, well, it's pretty incredible.
Big props to Jason Marquis. He was able to wiggle out of a bases loaded Brian McCann 2-out situation in the 4th inning of game 1, and it set the tone for the game and the series.
USA just on a mission in this 1st half, and especially the 2nd quarter here against Greece. Making it worth me waking up for this ballgame. Spain is Saturday morning. Turn off the cartoons kiddies, it's USA basketball time.
92-69 USA. That was convincing. Did everything right, especially on D.
Good couple of wins for the Cubs yesterday.. At some the Cubs will retaliate against the Braves for consistantly throwing at Soriano.
However, it's difficult to do that when you're in a pennant race. I don't have any issues with pitchers throwing at hitters, but when you're throwing at someones head that's just wrong. This has been going on for two years now, and at some point MLB needs to get involved. I've lost all respect for Bobby Cox. Just because your team blows and u blow doesn't mean you have the right to throw at someones head. I understand Soriano has killded the Braves (.359 12 career HR) and they dislike the domincan pose, but throwing at someones head is wrong. What comes around goes around Mr. Cox.
It's one thing to throw under his chin, but another to throw at his head. Maybe he was pissed because 70% of the park was filled with Cub fans. Get used to it. The Braves are dead and Cox will be dead in 5 years.. I give a lot of credit to the Cubs for keeping thier composure. If the Cubs have a big lead tonight, or if they are down Howry will be called on to retaliate. I just hope Lilly doesn't do it. I know he wants to, but we need 7 solid out of him tonight..
BTW, #1 on this list is so true. I've sat in every part of Wrigley. I've been in the press box, down on the field, in the dugout, in the bleachers, in the club house, field box seats, upper deck. I've done it all. That said, standing room only is in it's own league.
I'm not sure what it is, but I love standing room only. From the price, to the view, it's awsome. To me it's all about being in the park. We'll have to get standing room only tickets within the next couple of weeks guys. A lot of fans espicially young Cub fans like to brag about their seats. As for me, it's about getting a group of friends together and getting on the train and watching the Cubs win. I'll take that any day. GO Cubs!!!!
I prefer going to the game, watching bp, getting to my seat early, buying a scorecard, and then try and juggle talking, keeping score, and eating while watching the game. Hard to keep to score and eat when you are walking around with standing room. If you find a place to park in open seats somewhere near the back row, than I'd be all about it.
I didn't see the 8th inning, so I didn't see Soriano's pose after a long flyball bounced off the wall and Soriano was left with only a single. While throwing at your head is bad, I don't mind the Braves sending a message, especially since Lou and probably some of his teammates were upset about it. That being said, Edmonds and Ramirez love the pose too. Sometimes you get burned. Don't have a huge problem with it unless you affect the ballgame by not having your run score. Maybe Edmonds is from the Dominican? Could that be his secret?
By the way, I'm glad I officially came around to the idea of Edmonds signing a couple hours before he did indeed sign. Would be fun to look back at that live chat immediately following...I think we had one on 5/13 for the Friday game against SD was it? Boers and Bernstein also 100% assured everyone Edmonds would be worthless. They have less and less interesting opinions and truly just guess like most people on radio do these days. Bernstein used to be intelligent and those guys were must-listen radio. I have drifted away and really don't listen to anyone religiously, cept maybe if I'm in the car late night and Dan Patrick is on. He might have the best show on the radio and it's tape delayed to be syndicated Nationally.
Great to see a double win today as the Brewers are sure taking advantage of the pansies there playing.
SRO tickets are the best JD! Good call.
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